After the hilarious (and perhaps uncomfortable for McCarthy) moment when Chappelle said he was "amazed" at how many black people were at the Emmys, he acknowledged that he "skipped rehearsal".

Then came the truly unexpected: Comedian John Oliver, who is not an alum, also gave the school district a shout-out, while accepting an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for "Last Week Tonight". "Shout out to D.C. Public Schools". "So if you are tweeting about the Emmys, please use the hashtag #DCPublicSchools".

And the D.C. Public Schools themselves, caught off-guard by the sudden attention, tweeted their own response to their sudden fame.

"We are striving to become a district of both excellence and equity", says D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson. "We'd like to than our educators, our families, and of course, our awesome students".